Generate accurate Chicago style citations with QuillBot's free Chicago citation generator. Perfect for students, researchers, and writers.

Free Chicago Style Citation Generator

Quickly and effortlessly cite your sources with QuillBot’s free Chicago Style Citation Generator.

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What is the Chicago Style citation format?

The Chicago Style citation format ensures that your sources are cited according to the requirements of the Chicago Manual of Style. To correctly cite sources in Chicago Style, remember these important tips:

  • Each citation should include the title, author, publication date, and (if applicable) publisher, DOI or URL, and publication source
  • The bibliography should be single spaced and in alphabetical order
  • If a source in your bibliography extends onto a second line, it should be indented
  • Footnotes should go at the bottom of each page
  • Append any endnotes to the end of each chapter


Chicago Style: Citations and References

Here are some of the Chicago style citation courses available on QuillBot to get you started:


Chicago Style Citation Generator FAQs

Our Chicago Style Citation Generator is a tool that helps you quickly and easily cite sources according to Chicago Style conventions.

The best way to create a Chicago Style citation is to use QuillBot’s free Chicago Style Citation Generator. However, if you’d like to create Chicago Style citations manually, this article from our blog provides in-depth instructions.

To use our free tool to generate a Chicago Style citation, just add a link to your source to the text box to automatically generate a citation. Alternatively, select “Cite manually,” choose your source type, and then fill in the required fields. Finally, click "Save" to add your new citation to your bibliography.

No, they are different formats. While both APA and Chicago are methods of citing sources, they are separate formats with different sets of rules.